What We Saw by Ryan Casey

Author:Ryan Casey
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, debut, Contemporary, nostalgic, drama, coming-of-age, Suspense, childhood, thriller, General Fiction
ISBN: 9781480106628
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2012-11-26T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

We spent the following morning talking about the next step in our mystery. Adam attempted to come up with some new sort of plan, some masterful way of taking things forward. Truth is, we were pretty stumped. When the afternoon rolled around, I thought I should probably make good on my agreement to Emily.

‘I’m off to, y’know—’

‘Yeah, I get it,’ Adam said, grinning. ‘I am pleased for you, cuz.’ He couldn’t look at me when he spoke. It must have been a difficult thing to admit.

I smiled back at him. ‘You get mystery cracking,’ I said, before leaving to meet Emily.

*

I arrived at the launderette at our usual time, three o’clock, but Emily wasn’t there. I stood underneath the shelter, gazing at the trees as they danced in the wind, checking my watch and pacing around as ten minutes became thirty. I kicked stones. The passing adults smiled on at me and whispered to one another. Should I walk round to her caravan? It would seem weird with me being on my own. And I wasn’t sure what to make of her dad. Something wasn’t right, the way he always seemed to be around. But we didn’t have enough to join the dots together, not yet.

I decided to leave at around quarter to four, accepting that it was beyond the time where Emily could merely dismiss it as ‘a little late.’ I slumped down the hill, dodging the trees, and headed back down the spiralling road towards our caravan.

As I turned onto our road, something moved in the corner of my eye. I peered into the bushes, but there didn’t seem to be anything there. Maybe it was a squirrel. Why would somebody be spying on the launderette? I felt a cold shiver make its way down my arms. I looked over both shoulders and jogged back towards our caravan.

It was probably the wind.

Probably.

When I got home, I picked at my dinner and mashed up the potato in front of me. Adam chewed his cheese sandwich and watched me with wide eyes, turning away whenever I looked back at him. Gran and Granddad didn’t seem to notice my strange behaviour. They were going out for tea tonight and were focused on choosing their clothes, so it was easier to get away without eating.

Adam poked me on the arm. ‘You okay?’ he mumbled.

I nodded and spiralled my fork in my mash. ‘Emily’s not turned up.’

Adam opened his mouth in realisation and nodded. ‘Tried calling on her?’ He said it almost as if it was the obvious solution.

I shook my head. ‘Don’t want her to think I’m obsessed.’

Carla wandered over and hovered around my uneaten food like a vulture. Adam rubbed his hands together. ‘Don’t give up, cuz,’ he said. ‘She’s probably busy with her parents. You know what she can be like.’

I half-smiled and turned back towards my food, taking a mouthful of mash. I swirled it round my cheeks and swallowed it. It felt really heavy and stuck in the back of my throat.

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